The Las Vegas City Council has approved a negotiating agreement with a company that wants to build a 19-mile light rail or other high capacity mass transit line along Charleston Boulevard, one of the main east-west arterials in the Las Vegas Valley.

Brightline West, developer of the proposed $8-billion high-speed train between Southern California and Las Vegas—a project that has been on financial hold since last fall—now says the project is back on track.

Company, brought on board as GC in June 2019 shortly after work started, has been relegated to a supporting role on the project.

Las Vegas City Council will allow construction of under-development tunnel transit system to extend into downtown and resort areas.

The city of Las Vegas has started its biggest-ever public works project, a three-year effort to improve 2.5 miles of Las Vegas Boulevard north of the famous Strip.

The ultra-fast train would cut travel times between L.A. and Las Vegas in half, but a failed bond sale in the midst of a skeptical financial market has put the project on indefinite hold.

Elon Musk moves forward with a plan to expand his underground transportation system beyond the convention center area and into other Las Vegas corridors.

The entertainment portion of the downtown Las Vegas resort will open this fall, with the hotel tower to follow by the end of the year.

Stadium built for NFL’s Raiders uses design-build delivery to stay on schedule and budget despite the ongoing pandemic.

Many areas in the Southwest have escaped the widespread government-mandated shutdowns from the coronavirus pandemic, but several key regional projects have been halted, and planned starts for others are in jeopardy.